A Master Status Is a

Multiple Choice

A master status is a

A) category used by sociologists for any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.
B) social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
C) status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.
D) series of social relationships linking a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.